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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes April 18, 2023 Page 5 Committee Member Poelzer responded the City would own the equipment and take care of it. Committee Member Nelson mentioned that they discussed creating separate areas for large and small dogs and felt this would conflict with that goal. Committee Member Poelzer said the recommendation would be that it go into the large dog area if the space was divided, but right now the park isn’t divided. Discussion ensued regarding separating the dog park into small and large dog areas. Committee Member Nelson felt the agility equipment was better than having a fence to separate the dogs. Committee Member Jacobson asked what the overall plan was for Perry Dog Park, she uses it but felt it wasn’t a very nice park to go to, it’s often muddy, no water. She thought this equipment would be great but there are other things that would make it a better park. Recreation Supervisor Johnson said the park is being updated with a shade structure, trees and a few other things. Committee Member Anderson stated that as a small dog owner that was afraid of other dogs there is no way she would bring her dog to the park while other big dogs are there. The equipment is a great idea but would like to have more input from the community on separating it. She would feel more comfortable is there was a section for small dogs. Committee Member Poelzer recommended separation because she sees a lot of small dogs in the area but not in the park. Committee Member Nelson felt they should have an overall plan with input from residents rather than adhoc decisions about equipment and fencing. Committee Member Nelson asked to add a friendly amendment to the motion, to engage the community in the overall vision of what the dog park should look like. Committee Member Kelliher said he was hearing the item be tabled until such time as they could do a survey. Committee Member Nelson said not entirely, he wouldn’t want to pass on this opportunity. Committee Member Poelzer noted the trees are in, the shelter has been ordered and going in, and the entrance will have cement. Chair Hinton amended the motion to say the City should accept the donation and the equipment be installed on the side of the park that might become the large dog area if it were split, and they look at community input on whether they’d like the park split into large and small dog areas. Committee Member Rogers seconded the amendment. The motion passed unanimously.